Billy Butler went 1-for-4 with an RBI double in Thursday afternoon's loss to the Yankees.

Butler's double off of Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka was his 16th of the season. After a blistering start to the season, he's cooled off to hit .250/.314/.377 with seven homers and 38 RBI over 308 at-bats. His slash-numbers have dropped in every year since 2012 and are currently on course to continue that trend. Jul 9 - 4:18 PM

Billy Butler went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 10-inning victory against the Yankees.

Butler swatted a game-tying solo home run in the sixth inning against Chasen Shreve. He had been held hitless in his previous three games. The DH is batting a mediocre .250/.315/.373 with seven home runs and 37 RBI to date. Jul 7 - 10:27 PM

Billy Butler went 2-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's win over the Rockies.

The second-inning triple was just Butler's fifth in 4,599 career at-bats. He scored later in the inning and added an RBI single in the fifth. The big man is batting .259/.323/.376 on the year. Jul 1 - 7:05 PM

Depth Charts

Coco Crisp (neck) is expected to be activated from the disabled list on Monday.

Crisp has been out since late May with his chronic neck injury. He had just two hits in 45 at-bats before going on the disabled list and is a poor bet to remain healthy over a long period of time. A's manager Bob Melvin did note that he plans to hit Crisp second, though, which helps make him an interesting gamble in deeper leagues.

The A's said in mid-July that Hahn, who is battling right forearm inflammation, would be shut down for at least a month. Given that they're out of playoff contention, it's possible they'll play it safe and just shut the righty down for the rest of the season. Forearm injuries often wind up leading to Tommy John surgery, and Hahn has already had the operation once.

Pat Venditte (shoulder) is scheduled to work back-to-back games on his minor league rehab assignment at Triple-A Nashville on Friday and Saturday.

If all goes well with each of those outings, he could then be cleared to rejoin the Athletics bullpen. Before landing on the disabled list, the 30-year-old switch-pitcher hurled 5 2/3 scoreless innings while registering a 0.53 WHIP and 4/2 K/BB ratio.